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Upper Thigh Pain Months After Hip Replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Sep 12 8:14am | Replies (61)

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@sgresham

I, too, suffered an intraoperative femur fracture during my left THA on 3/2/22. The surgeon used a cerclage wire to secure my femur which caused me many issues (I believe it was the nickel used in the material). I've since had the wire removed by a new orthopedic. That was 10 months ago and although I still suffer with allergic symptoms (strange taste, blurred vision, foggy head, fatigue), the thigh pain has subsided. I believe my body is not happy at all with the implant. Not sure if this helps but I was interested in your story since I had yet to find anyone who experienced a femur fracture (I was told it's pretty rare -- maybe 5%?). My active life has since been severely altered (not to mention income loss and OOP expenses) and I wish I never opted for THA. The arthritis would have been much easier to deal with than this. I will not let anyone touch my arthritic right hip at this point.

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Was your pain in your upper thigh in the front? The fracture for me is up high and in the back but my PT’s have told me the IT band is right there and so is the hamstring and other major muscle groups.
They didn’t fix the fracture at all, when I had the ct scan in the er a month after they kept asking me if I fell, like it was a new break.
I wish I could have opted out of the replacement, I’m 52 and I had a really bad accident at work, my hip took the impact and it was so badly damage it was the only option to replace it